Basket with lid

Museum number:
2-64935a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210264935a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.3553
Description:
With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.
Donor:
Burton Benedict
Collection place:
British Columbia, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia
Culture or time period:
Thompson River tribes
Collector:
Burton Benedict and Marian W. Smith
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Coiled weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
Salmon basket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(c)— length 31.5 centimeters, (c)— width 23.5 centimeters, (a)— height 16 centimeters, (b)— width 26 centimeters, (b)— length 33.5 centimeters, (c)— depth 2.5 centimeters, (a)— width 25.5 centimeters, and (a)— length 34.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-64935a-c, described as With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-64935a-c, described as With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-64935a-c, described as With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-64935a-c, described as With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-64935a-c, described as With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-64935a-c, described as With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-64935a-c, described as With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-64935a-c, described as With unattached lid. Cedar root coiled over cedar splints, imbricated geometric design. Outer edge of lid broken, one corner of basket broken, lid rim is detached. (a) Basket, (b) lid, (c) lid rim.

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